Bienville Monument (New Orleans, Louisiana)

USA / Louisiana / Gretna / New Orleans, Louisiana
 statue, monument
The statue was sculpted by Angela Gregory and was first erected at the Bienville Plaza near the New Orleans Union (railroad) station in April 1955. It was relocated to Bienville Place in November 1996.

Inscription. [On base of statue]:
Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville
born Montreal, February 23, 1680
died Paris, March 7, 1767
Founder of New Orleans
1717

with homage of
Louisiana * Canada * France

Erected 1955 by Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commission.
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Coordinates:   29°57'16"N   90°3'52"W
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